Sometimes it’s best not to question certain practices and norms, because when you start to question you start on a slippery slope to rebellion against that which our fathers and forefathers held in high regard. Take for example clothes. I do believe that clothes makes the man. I do believe that fashion makes a statement […]
Read More It’s A Formality – Part OneYou ever have a favourite tune? You know you’re going about your daily chores and then that song pops in the head and it doesn’t leave for the best part of an hour, then you get home and slap it on the sound system of choice and because you like it that much it’s on […]
Read More DMCD Songs: Made Up Mind – John P. KeeSometimes when I watch movies, especially James Bond ones, I listen out for when the title of the movie will be mentioned.(Obviously in my opinion Roger Moore always delivered his best of all the Bonds, that raised eyebrow just convinced me from the start.)I think that sometimes it is whilst writing the narrative or some […]
Read More Divided LoyaltiesWorking at the YMCA in the way I do is a bit funny. In other contexts the people I serve and come alongside could be seen as customers, clients, consumers, residents, service users or other terms of reference that sets our relationship relatively securely in set parameters. That doesn’t work for me though. The proper […]
Read More The Erik Factor: For The Unsung HeroesI was thinking last Wednesday about what it means to be filled with the Spirit. Now with a starter for ten like that I’m aware how many people might be turned off this blog entry straight away. In any case I continue. My experience of being filled with the Spirit has been closely associated to […]
Read More Serving Others: That’s The SpiritLive as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. (1 Peter 2:16) Doulos. It is not frequently used as it is an old Greek word. It means slave and this is the word that is translated as servant. Effectively we are free to […]
Read More Daily Thoughts – Free From Slavery – Free To Be A SlaveFor you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. (Galatians 5:13) Some debate over whether freedom is positive or negative. Whether we are free to do whatever we want, or free from a nanny state telling us what to […]
Read More Daily Thoughts – Free From Slavery – Free To Serve
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